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Professor Golash
Fall 1996
I. Church and State
A. Law and Religion in Antiquity
Readings
Map
Egypt
Illustrations from the Book of the Dead
- the heart-weighing scene
Ma'at
- from the tomb of King Seti
See your name in hieroglyphs
Reading hieroglyphs - The first steps
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Egypt
Palette of King Narmer
- Photograph - described in Aldred, p. 7 of course packet
Palette of King Narmer - Diagram (both sides)
Step Pyramid of Djoser
Color Tour of Egypt
Detroit Institute of Art: Galleries: Ancient Art - Egypt
Pharaoh's Heart - Egyptology Page
Egyptian Artifacts Exhibit
Ancient Egyptian Pictures Hall
Anubis
Khnum and Sakhmet
, gods mentioned in the
Loyalist Instruction
Legend of Osiris and Isis
- this is a slightly different version from that presented in class
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform tablet
Stela of Hammurabi
Cuneiform text
and explanation of the first few lines of the Prolog
The Enkidu Myth
from the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Mesopotamian Pantheon
Ziggurat of Enlil
Oriental Institute - Art from Mesopotamia
Cylinder seal
and imprint
Ancient Hebrews
Library of Congress Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
B. The Romans and Early Christianity
Readings
Portrait of St. Augustine
Map of the Roman Empire
Map - Rome and Carthage
Hadrian's Wall
marks the furthest extent of the Roman domination of Britain
C. The Holy Roman Empire and Early Feudalism
Readings
History of Byzantium
Byzantine Empire
D. Later Feudalism and Church-State Conflict
Readings
Bayeux Tapestry depicting William's conquest of England
Canterbury Cathedral
Biography of Aquinas
Picture of Aquinas
E. Protestant Reformation
Readings
Defense of the Seven Sacraments
Letter to Anne Boleyn
Humorous
history
of the period. Also has a good picture of
Canterbury Cathedral
and links to a walking tour of Canterbury.
II. Criminal law and procedure
A. Ancient law
Readings
Suggest links
B. The Greeks
Readings
Iliad-Illustration
Athena
Orestes purified by Apollo
Greek and Byzantine Architecture
Map of Ancient Greece
Slide shows---Greece
Biography of Plato
C. The Romans
Readings
Suggest links
D. The Saxons
Readings
NetSERF: Medieval Law, Music, and Religion
Adventus Saxonum - The Coming of the Anglo-Saxons
Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon Living History 400 - 700 AD
An Anglo-Saxon buckle from the Sutton Hoo Burial
The Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy
E. Emergence of Modern Law
Readings
Suggest links
III. Property Law
Readings
Suggest links
IV. State Power and the Rule of Law
A. King and Parliament
Readings
Monet's painting of the Houses of Parliament
Recent photograph of Houses of Parliament
Magna Carta
B. Social Contract Theory
Readings
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke